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A comment on Britain to start approval process for Rolls-Royce mini nuclear reactor.

Re:Britain to start approval process for Rolls-Royce mini nu... by sandGorgon on Monday March 07, 2022 @02:02PM (#30591897)
anyone know what is the difference between what Rolls Royce is building and Terrapower ?

It seemed there's widespread criticism of Terrapower's modular nuclear reactor

https://www.dw.com/en/scientists-pour-cold-water-on-bill-gat...

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Re:Britain to start approval process for Rolls-Royce mini nu... by Ergo19 on Monday March 07, 2022 @05:21PM (#30594145)
Sodium-cooled reactors do not have much of a track record, and what there is fairly negative.

https://harpers.org/archive/2022/01/spent-fuel-the-risky-res...

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